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1 Oh Thixo, khumbula okusehleleyo
khangela ubone ukuyangeka kwethu.
2 Ilifa lethu seliphiwe abezizweni,
imizi yethu yathathwa ngabemzini.
3 Sesizintandane ezingelaboyise,
omama sebenjengabafelokazi.
4 Amanzi okunatha siyawathenga;
inkuni zethu zikhutshelwa imali.
5 Labo abasixotshayo basihlezi ezithende;
sikhathele asilakuphumula.
6 Sazinikela kwabeGibhithe labe-Asiriya
ukuze sizuze isinkwa.
7 Okhokho benza isono kodwa kabasekho,
thina yithi esesijeziswa.
8 Sibuswa yizigqili,
kakho osikhululayo ezandleni zazo.
9 Isinkwa sisithola ngendlela eyingozi
ngenxa yenkemba ekhona enkangala.
10 Isikhumba sethu sitshisa njengeziko,
silomkhuhlane wendlala.
11 Abesifazane bayahlukuluzwa eZiyoni
kanye lezintombi ezigcweleyo emadolobheni akoJuda.
12 Amakhosi alengisiwe ngezandla zawo;
abadala abasahlonitshwa.
13 Izinsizwa ziyahoqiswa ematsheni okuchola;
abafana babhensiswa yimithwalo yenkuni.
14 Abadala sebesukile esangweni lomuzi;
izinsizwa sezithule ukuhlabelela.
15 Ukuthokoza akusekho ezinhliziyweni zethu;
ukugida kwethu sekuphenduke ukukhala.
16 Umqhele usuwile ekhanda lethu.
Maye thina, ngoba sonile!
17 Ngenxa yalokhu inhliziyo zethu zibuthakathaka;
ngenxa yalezizinto amehlo ethu ayafiphala,
18 ngoba intaba iZiyoni silugwadule,
sekucathama amakhanka kuyo.
19 Wena, Oh Thixo, busa nini lanini;
ubukhosi bakho buhlezi kuzozonke izizukulwane.
20 Kungani uhlezi usikhohlwa?
Usifulathelelani isikhathi eside kangaka na?
21 Sibuyisele kuwe, Oh Thixo, ukuze siphenduke;
buyisa kabutsha insuku zethu njengezakudala,
22 ngaphandle kokuba nxa ususilahle kokuphela
wasizondela ngokungalinganisekiyo.